Another Open Thread…but I’ve started it off for you….. I haven’t had time to take a longer look at this but it pretty much speaks for itself…and you know the BBC reaction…this will be one of those ‘benchmark’ quotes that will now be kept in a high state of readiness to blow away anyone who dare suggest  that perhaps mass immigration and a ‘nation’ of strangers is not conducive to … Continue reading →

  Some of you must have seen this from 2010 but I somehow missed it….however it is so good on so many levels that it is worth refreshing the memory…especially at a time when the BBC is ‘on the stump’ with Labour attacking Coalition ‘cuts’ and job losses in the Public Sector in the name of efficiency and productivity.   Ken Loach is so far Left that he makes Ken … Continue reading →

  There is a religious war going on in Nigeria right now…long denied by the BBC who preferred to categorize Christians killed by Muslims or churches burnt down and congregations slaughtered or Muslims killed by Christians as ‘tribal’ or ‘ethnic’ conflicts or disputes over land. The BBC has been forced to admit that perhaps this is a ‘religious’ conflict driven by Muslims intending to impose Islam across the whole of … Continue reading →

Question Time tonight comes from West Bromwich – and specifically from the new £77 million Sandwell College. On the panel are Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, general secretary of the Unite trade union Len McCluskey, economist Ruth Lea and Midlands Business Woman of the year Julie White. Although by ‘Business Woman of the Year’ we mean in 2011, limited to the Midlands, a title made up … Continue reading →

Jimmy Carr earns £3million before tax, and earns nearly £3 million after tax.  Jimmy Carr has been caught red handed and is now very red faced …because he was caught. Remarkable how the Celebrity World rallies round and gives voice in his support. How strange when not so very long ago they were baying for, not just Banker’s blood, but that of highly successful businessmen who received bonuses. 5Live today … Continue reading →

Was it just me or was there definitely an impression given by the BBC (certainly on 5Live) that the unemployment figures going down by 52,000 was possibly a bad thing……as one reporter suggested…it was only a good thing ‘on the face of it….you have to ask how is it possible (to have falling unemployment) when we are mired in a double dip recession’. ….and the figures only give ‘mixed messages’. … Continue reading →

Here is a slightly deeper look at ‘38 Degrees’ mentioned in a previous post. It is the campaigning group that seems to embody every value that the BBC itself likes to promote….and is attempting to influence who gets the BBC Director General’s job when Mark Thompson goes, as well as trying to influence the outcome of the BSkyB bid. Its campaign’s page looks as if it is the schedule for … Continue reading →

  ‘Reed’ in the ‘Open Thread’ brings to our attention the welcome news that the BBC is to be included in formal reviews of media ownership by OFCOM: Google, the BBC and Facebook should be included in reviews of media ownership, regulator Ofcom has ruled. The BBC has an internet news audience of 57% of the total number of people who go online for news in the UK. The regulator … Continue reading →